Title: Pay the Ghost

Author: Tim Lebbon

Release Date: September 6, 2015

Tim Lebbon is another author who stepped up and offered up some of their back catalog for free to let people enjoy some books and not stress on depleting their bank accounts. I believe I snagged eight(!!) books from him yesterday, but I’ll be sure to buy some of his books here soon as a thanks. I’ve previously read ‘The Silence’ and ‘Eden’ but this one is a very different creature.

What I liked: This story is grief and loss of hope to the extreme. “I lost my little girl on Hallowe’en,” opens this story and from there we see how crippling Moll’s disappearance is. As often happens, husband and wife struggle, they then separate. It’s from this point that Lebbon decides to really crush us with how life takes its twists and turns. This one had some visceral moments that will most likely leave you in tears.

What I didn’t like: The ending felt a bit rushed and I would’ve loved maybe another 100-200 words on what happened from the final moments. This one was written specifically for an anthology originally, so there may have been space limitations, but otherwise this one will stay with you for many moons.

Why you should buy it: once again – FREE. But also, Tim is a stand up guy and super nice. He’s even been kind enough in the past to let me interview him for my day job. I’ve got Coldbrook already from him as one I’ve purchased, but I’ll be snagging a few more for sure.

This one is just stunning with how dark it gets and the setting the characters end up in is just fantastic.

Side – note – I don’t actually know if I’ve watched the movie of this. It stars Nicholas Cage and there was a period where I watched A LOT of movies. I feel like I have, but honestly can’t say positively.

5/5